Outside the Beltway

A case involving Pennsylvania may not be resolved for quite some time. Thankfully, it’s immaterial to the election outcome.

A too-long discourse on how courts should function.

The House Judiciary Committee has issued its report on the impeachment of President Trump.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg isn’t very impressed by the proposals made by several liberal politicians lately to increase the size of the Supreme Court to counterbalance the conservative tilt created by the Gorsuch and Kavanaugh confirmations.

Later today, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals will hear argument in a case that could upend the Affordable Care Act.

The decision to hand Democrats a victory and step on the good news from the Mueller report apparently came from the very top.

Eight years after it was signed into law, a Federal Judge has ruled the Affordable Care Act to be unconstitutional.

In a ruling that largely relies on the authority granted by Congress to the President to regulate immigration on national security grounds, the Supreme Court has upheld the final version of the Administration’s travel ban.

One of the most prominent Circuit Courts of Appeal in the nation will begin live-streaming nearly all of their oral arguments.

President Trump is calling on the Justice Department to ban bump stocks, but it seems clear that this is an area where Congress needs to be taking the lead.

The Trump Administration is reversing policy on an Obama Era policy that allowed states to choose their own course on marijuana laws.

One of the legal giants in the Federal Judiciary has retired from the bench.

There are reports that the President is considering firing Special Counsel Bob Mueller. Are we headed for another Saturday Night Massacre?

Justice Ginsburg made some recent comments about the election that have, to say the least, raised some eyebrows.

A Federal Judge has ruled that part of a lawsuit filed by the House of Representatives can go forward, but the legal battle is far from over.

Rowan County, Kentucky Clerk Kimberly Davis was found in contempt of court and jailed for her refusal to issue same-sex marriage licenses.

As expected, the Republican-controlled House passed a bill that would ban most abortions after twenty weeks. It also happens to be completely unconstitutional and has no chance of actually becoming law.

A Federal Judge has issued a ruling that sort of says that President Obama’s Immigration action is unconstitutional. Except it’s poorly reasoned, and apparently not legally binding on anyone.

By failing to act, the Supreme Court has effectively legalized same-sex marriage in eleven more states.

A Federal Judge in Ohio has issued a very troubling ruling on that state’s early voting law.

A case pending in Federal Court in Washington, D.C. could pose new legal problems for the Affordable Care Act

We’ve seen a notable number of 9-0 Supreme Court decisions this term, but that doesn’t mean that the side that lost was making an extreme or meritless argument.

Once again, Republicans are attacking someone for doing a job the Bill of Rights itself makes necessary and important.

The Supreme Court, subject to revision.

The Imperial Presidency didn’t start with Barack Obama, but his PPACA “fix” does much to expand it into questionable new territory.

The FDA is declaring war on trans fats. That’s a bad idea on many levels.

A new round of documents from the IRS, that aren’t really new, doesn’t really change the basic narrative on the IRS “targeting” story.

Eric Holder’s testimony before Congress is leading to accusations of perjury, but the argument that he did so seem pretty weak.

Provisions in the Affordable Care Act may cause the entire statutory scheme to collapse.

One part of the Supreme Court’s PPACA ruling has not received a lot of attention, but it has the potential to have a lot of impact in the future.

Common Cause has filed a specious lawsuit alleging that the filibuster is unconstitutional.

It pays to read a scientific study before commenting on it.

The so-called “14th Amendment option” to fix the debt ceiling crisis is really just a prescription for an even more powerful Presidency.

President Obama overruled his top legal advisors in deciding that the Libya operation does not amount to “hostilities” under the War Powers Act.

A major law firm has withdrawn from defending DOMA in Court, and a public controversy has erupted.

Public disclosure of campaign contributions makes it easier for incumbents to pressure backers of their opponent.

Experts say the phone call is a relic of the past.

While health experts warn Americans to cut the amount of fat in their diet, the Federal Government helps businesses like Domino’s and Taco Bell promote high-fat products to the public.

In comments this morning, Justice Stephen Breyer seemed to suggest that Koran burning might not necessarily be Constitutionally protected.